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For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. —Colossians 1:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In a world where we can feel so isolated and...

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. —1 John 2:15-16 (KJV)...

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. —Job 37:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Isn't that a beautiful phrase...

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. —Isaiah 1:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Nothing stains quite as sin. It not only leaves a stain in our heart...

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve... but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. —Joshua 24:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While we can't speak for everyone in our family, we can commit to what everyone in our family should...

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. —1 Timothy 2:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: —Ephesians...

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. —Romans 13:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Ouch! I hate taxes. But I have to admit, I enjoy many of the privileges and blessings that those taxes afford. Paul reminds us in...

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. —2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... A new covenant — God willingly entered into a new agreement with us, his creatures, sealed...

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. —Romans 13:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Yes, there are things we don't like about our government. But God has truly blessed most of us so we can enjoy the...

Which in time past [you] were not a people, but [you] are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. —1 Peter 2:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Excluded. Rejected. Discarded. Abandoned. Forgotten. Pushed aside. Not picked. Each of these describes...

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. —1 Peter 5:8-9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse...

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. —Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Don't you love gifts! Especially when they're truly given, with no strings attached, all we have to do is...

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. —Romans 12:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Because God went first and sacrificed what is most precious to him to save us...

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. —1 Peter 1:24-25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse...

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. —Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How often do...

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Ephesians 5:19-20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Hearts full of thanks —...

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. —Proverbs 9:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We pursue so many things, but only one pursuit brings wisdom. Paul reminded the Athenians that God made us to seek after him and find him (Acts...

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! —Proverbs 15:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Knowing the right word at the right time is a great gift. But even the best of speakers has to admit that the best of his or her words are not nearly...

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. —Galatians 6:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... At times, I can feel so burdened myself that I can't even see the burdens of others. But Jesus reminds me that if I am to be like him, I will be a burden carrier. He became one of...